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Putin's Witnesses (2018)
Directed by Vitaly Mansky
Documentary, History · 1h 43m
Russian Federation, December 31, 1999. After President Boris Yeltsin's unexpected resignation, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin becomes acting president of the country. From that day and for a year, Vitaly Mansky's camera documented Putin's rise to power. The story of a privileged witness. The harsh explanation of the reason why politics is the art of possibility of achieving the best with the support of many, but also of giving the worst in return.
Cast
Vitaly Mansky
Self - Narrator (voice) / (archive footage)
Boris Nemtsov
Self - Politician (voice)
Vladimir Putin
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Boris Yeltsin
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Mikhail Gorbachev
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Naina Yeltsina
Self - Yeltsin's Wife (archive footage)
Tatyana Yumasheva
Self - Yeltsin's Daughter / Politician (archive footage)
V
Vera Dmitrievna Gurevich
Self - Putin's Teacher (archive footage)
Anatoly Chubais
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Dmitry Medvedev
Self - Politician (archive footage)
E
Elena Okulova
Self - Yeltsin's Daughter (archive footage)
Gleb Pavlovsky
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Crew
- Director
- Vitaly Mansky
- Writer
- Vitaly Mansky
- Director of Photography
- Vitaly Mansky
- Original Music Composer
- Kārlis Auzāns
- Editor
- Gunta Ikere
- Producer
- Natalia Manskaya, Gabriela Bussmann, Vít Klusák, Filip Remunda
Details
- Original title
- Свидетели Путина
- Release date
- 2018-11-08
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Genres
- Documentary, History
- Original language
- RU
- Spoken languages
- Russian
- Countries
- Czech Republic, Germany, Latvia, Switzerland
- Production
- Vertov, GoldenEggProduction, Hypermarket Film, ZDF, RTS, SRG SSR, Česká televize, ARTE, Latvijas Televizija